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Learning to Lead Program Continues for Third Year to Empower Teen STEM Leaders

Learning to Lead Program Continues for Third Year to Empower Teen STEM Leaders

Columbia Community Connection
Home Page, The Dalles

The ‘Learning to Leads’ program will continue for a third year due to a Career Connected Learning grant awarded to the Columbia Gorge STEM Hub from the Oregon Community Foundation. The grant will continue to allow the Columbia Gorge STEM Hub, in partnership with Oregon State University and Wasco County 4-H, to hire high school students in Hood River, Gilliam, and Wasco Counties to serve as Teen STEM Leaders for the 2024-2025 school year.

The Dalles Middle School Starts School Year with 'No Cell Phone' Policy.

The Dalles Middle School Starts School Year with 'No Cell Phone' Policy.

Tom Peterson
Education, Home Page, The Dalles

Policy aligns with research suggesting that limited cell phone use can improve students’ academic performance, mental health, and overall behavior. Students caught using their phones during the school day will have them confiscated and phones will be returned to a parent or guardian. Accommodations have been made for students who rely on their phones for medical reasons.

Pioneer Paint: Monochrome comes with 3-man crew

Pioneer Paint: Monochrome comes with 3-man crew

Tom Peterson
Home Page, Business, The Dalles

Noel Betanzos Cruz, Antonio Betanzos Cruz, and Jesus Ayala paint the Pioneer Building at 301 E. Second Street this morning, Aug. 22. The building was purchased in September 2022 for $750,000 and the owners Brandon Rush and Anthony McNamara of Vancouver, Wash., applied for and received approval from the city to convert the second-floor office space into “residential apartment units of varying size” in Jan. 2023.

Basalt Commons Appeal denied; Groundbreaking in 18 months?

Basalt Commons Appeal denied; Groundbreaking in 18 months?

Tom Peterson
Home Page, The Dalles

The decision gives developers the green light to proceed with the project, barring any additional appeals to the project being made to The Dalles City Council. The project would have an immediate impact on the local housing shortage and is expected to create the equivalent of 478 full-time jobs in its first decade and contribute $16.9 million in payroll, according to developer Mary Hanlon of The Dalles.

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